At Georgia Pines, an elderly Paul keeps an eye out for Brad’s car in the parking lot. When Brad is not around, Paul can head out towards the woods without worry. However, Brad arrives to work on time, a fact that disappoints Paul until Elaine arrives with a plan. She tells Paul that she is in possession of the cigarettes and matches of another resident, Chuck Howard, and plans to set off the smoke detector with cigarette smoke, allowing Paul to do what he needs to do in the woods. With gratitude, Paul kisses Elaine and tells her he loves her. When the alarm goes off, Brad and the other orderlies investigate the source of the problem while Paul sneaks off to the woods. Before he goes, he asks the cooks in the kitchen for some bread to take with him. As he makes his way to the woods with the cold toast, he thinks back to the day Brutal, Dean, and Harry arrived at his house, to plan how to get Coffey to heal Melinda, and about telling the men why he believes Coffey is innocent.